Tabbed
Web Browsing
Both Konqueror and Firefox have the capability of opening a website
link in a new tab as well as a new browser window. This can be a very
useful feature if you use the Internet a lot.

By default, neither Konqueror nor Firefox shows tabs in the browser if
there is only one website open. If you click a link on a website, the
new web page replaces the current one -- in the same browser window.

In Konquerer, if you right-click a link, a context menu opens that
includes a selection to open the link in the current window, a new
window or a new tab. If you choose the "new tab" option, you will see
two tabs at the top of the browser window. The new tab opens behind the
current one. The left-most tab is the old one, where you clicked the
link originally. The right-most tab is the new web page. Notice that
each tab is labeled with the title of the web page it displays.

Firefox behaves the same way as Konqueror when it comes to tabbed
browsing. Right-click a link and you get a choice to open the link in a
new window or a new tab. In recent versions of Firefox, you also have
an option to open the new tab in the background.

Changing Tabbed
Browsing Behavior
You can change the behavior of tabs in the configuration settings for
your Linux web browser.

Konqueror

From Konqueror's Settings menu,
select Configure
Konqueror.

In the icon list of
options in the panel on the left, select Web Behavior.

In the "Tabbed Browsing"
section, deselect the Hide
the tab bar when only one tab is open check box if you
want tabs to be displayed all the time.

Click the Advanced Options
button to expose additional settings.

If you want the new tab
to be opened in front of the current one (instead of behind it) you
should deselect the Open
new tabs in the background check box.

Firefox

From the Firefox Edit menu, select Preferences.

Select the Tabs option from the
list of icons in the panel at the top.

If you want tabs to be
displayed all the time, select the checkbox labeled Always show the tab bar.
(In older versions of Firefox you will want to deselect Hide the tab bar when only one
web site is open.)

If you want the new tab
to be opened in front of the current one (instead of behind it) you
should select the check box labeled When
I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately. (In
older versions of Firefox, the label is: Select new tabs opened from links.)